Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] hostap: use generic power management

From: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2020 15:18:32 +0000 (UTC)

Vaibhav Gupta <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Drivers using legacy power management .suspen()/.resume() callbacks
> have to manage PCI states and device's PM states themselves. They also
> need to take care of standard configuration registers.
> 
> Switch to generic power management framework using a single
> "struct dev_pm_ops" variable to take the unnecessary load from the driver.
> This also avoids the need for the driver to directly call most of the PCI
> helper functions and device power state control functions as through
> the generic framework, PCI Core takes care of the necessary operations,
> and drivers are required to do only device-specific jobs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Gupta <[email-masked]>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

99aaa1aafa5c hostap: use generic power management

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11675851/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches